by Feng Yise
"Hahaha!"
His words being uttered, the group of disciples behind him all roared with laughter.
Hou Yu apologized verbally but was delighted in his heart.
Ask you to posture! Ask you to offend Eldest Senior Brother!
Isn't it just a lousy alchemist? Only climbed on top of Eldest Senior Brother's head by taking advantage of trickery. Really think that you're some important character?
Reaching the Holy City, even a dragon had to coil for Your Father!
Ao Qian was just about to fly off the handle when Ye Yuan used a hand gesture to stop him from speaking. He looked at Hou Yu and said smilingly, "Guo Xu made you do it, right? Already been so many years, that fellow is still so small-minded. How will he take on big responsibilities in the future?"
The Guo Xu out of Ye Yuan's mouth was precisely Hou Yu's Eldest Senior Brother, the Purple-Gold Hall's head disciple.
This Guo Xu was the same as Ye Yuan and Jian Wushuang, genius martial artists that grew up in the same generation.
But Guo Xu's growing speed was similarly far from comparable to Ye Yuan.
When Ye Yuan became a peak Alchemy Emperor, Guo Xu was still just a peak Divine King and had not stepped into the realm of Void Mystic.
Originally, the two were of the same generation. But with Ye Yuan's breakthrough, Guo Xu became a junior all of a sudden. How could this not make him depressed?
Back then, Guo Xu was known as the Divine Realm's number one genius, with hopes of inheriting the Heaven Stabilizing Divine King's mantle.
But he was crushed by Ye Yuan until he was black and blue all over.
Even though the two people never had a frontal-clash before, every time Guo Xu saw Ye Yuan, that thick enmity could not be concealed no matter what.
Living in the same era as Ye Yuan, regardless of what kind of a genius, it was all a tragedy.
Jian Wushuang was like that, Guo Xu was similarly like so.
Huo Yu was choked badly by Ye Yuan's words. But he forcefully pressed it down in the end and switched to a smiling face as he said, "What's Lord Qingyun Zi saying? Hou Yu doesn't understand! Hou Yu has good intentions. What has it got to do with Eldest Senior Brother? Sigh, it was Hou Yu who was rash. If Your Excellency can't ascend the Golden Cloud Sky Stairs, then change to an ordinary one then."
Hou Yu was certain that Ye Yuan could not ascend the Golden Cloud Sky Stairs. Hence, that was why he kept on using words to squeeze Ye Yuan ceaselessly.
This trip here for him was indeed sent by Cloudsky. But before coming, Guo Xu greeted him and told him to make things tough for Ye Yuan.
His current thoughts were very simple, that was to give Ye Yuan some trouble. Either way, he could not ascend the Golden Cloud Sky Stairs.
Even Eldest Senior Brother, this Void Mystic powerhouse, could not ascend the Golden Cloud Sky Stairs, let alone Ye Yuan, this Third Level Dao Profound.
He deliberately raised Ye Yuan's status high in order to extol him to death.
It was just that he did not think that Ye Yuan's present bit of strength, he actually dared to climb up along the shaft too. But he had also repulsed enough for him to choke on.
Ye Yuan chuckled and said, "Forget it, forget it. Since Guo Xu is so cordial, wouldn't it brush off his good intentions if I don't mount this Golden Cloud Sky Stairs?"
Chapter 1083 - Child's Play
Ye Yuan lightly leaped and stepped right onto the Golden Cloud Sky Stairs.
Seeing this scene, Hou Yu's face revealed a look of derision.
The Cloud Sky Stairs was this divine rank grand array's subsidiary, containing extremely profound powers of law. If one's cultivation realm fell short, there was no way to stand firmly on top at all.
Ye Yuan's cultivation realm was simply inadequate to stand on it.
Cultivation realm not match, the grand array would immediately eject Ye Yuan out, even get injured by powers of law.
This move of Hou Yu's was in order to make a fool of Ye Yuan. If he could let him suffer a big loss, that would be for the best.
Sure enough, the moment Ye Yuan stood on it, the Golden Cloud Sky Stairs spilled over with light and was about to throw Ye Yuan off.
Beneath Ye Yuan's foot quaked unceasingly, making his entire body start swaying, looking as if he was going to be thrown off.
"Hahaha! This is our Lord Qingyun Zi! You're a major power of the Divine Realm! To actually not even be able to stand on the Golden Cloud Sky Stairs!" Hou Yu laughed loudly and said.
"Haha, what's wrong, Lord Qingyun Zi? The Golden Cloud Sky Stairs, one step three thousand stairs, you haven't taken this step yet!"
"Hold steady, quickly hold it there steady! Being flung off the Golden Cloud Sky Stairs isn't that pleasant."
"Is this really that Lord Qingyun Zi hailed as closest to the Alchemy God Realm? Wouldn't be a fake one, right? Hahaha!"
For a moment, mocking laughter sounded out everywhere. The group of Purple-Gold Hall disciples laughed themselves into convulsions, all mocking Ye Yuan non-stop.
Ao Qian and the rest all had black faces. This bunch of fellows was clearly long prepared to watch a spectacle!
If not out of fear of delaying the important matters, they wished that they could teach these guys a good lesson.
But on the Golden Cloud Sky Stairs, Ye Yuan was not panicky. A faint surge of power of laws slowly spilled over from his body, converging into the Golden Cloud Sky Stairs.
Very soon, his body no longer swayed. The Golden Cloud Sky Stairs also stabilized.
This surge of power of laws was precisely those divine inscriptions' Divine Dao laws!
The eyeballs of those Purple-Gold Hall disciples all popped out. The original mocking laughter abruptly ceased.
What kind of situation was this?
Why was a Third Level Dai Profound martial artist able to stabilize himself on the Golden Cloud Sky Stairs?
This … This was something that had never happened before!
This face-slapping was simply resounding.
A lot of their faces were still carrying that strange smile earlier, currently frozen on their faces. But now, they could not smile no matter what.
Ye Yuan turned around and gave Hou Yu a pitiful glance as he said with a smile, "I was only teasing you just now. You expended such a great effort; if I didn't let you be happy for a bit, it would seriously let you down."
Done talking, Ye Yuan took a step out and immediately appeared above three thousand steps!
Jiang Taicang also froze there. Seeing Ye Yuan disappear before his eyes, he let out a guffaw and said, "You see it? You bunch of dumbasses take a good look! This is disparity! You guys think that Qingyun Zi, these three words, is casually shouted?"
Ao Qian was also akin to being relieved of a heavy burden and said with a cold snort, "A bunch of things who overestimate their own abilities! Really unbelievably foolish!"
...
"Eldest Senior Brother, Qingyun Zi reincarnating, he's merely an initial-stage Dao Profound minor character now. Lord Cloudsky actually made you come and receive personally. We really feel not worth it for you!"
"Yeah, Eldest Senior Brother. Why don't you go back? This sort of minor character, we'll do the waiting. You're a Void Mystic powerhouse now. How can you humble yourself and bend your knee to welcome a puny little initial-stage Dao Profound martial artist?"
"For him to want to come up from the rank-nine Cloud Sky Stairs, it still needs a day's time! But I'm looking very forward to his badly battered appearance when he comes up, hahaha!"
Outside the Holy City's gates, several young men were gathered together. The one at the front was actually a Void Mystic powerhouse. Who could it be if not Guo Xu?
Toward the group of junior apprentice brothers' flattery, Guo Xu quite enjoyed it.
Except, he had a reason that he must be here as well. He very much wished to personally take a look at what kind of state the Qingyun Zi, who commanded the wind and clouds back then ended up in.
Es
pecially the appearance of tumbling until his nose was bloody and his face swollen.
Guo Xu felt very thrilled in his heart even thinking about it.
Of course, he would not utter this sort of words in front of a group of junior apprentice brothers.
"Talking rubbish! How can Lord Cloudsky's orders be brushed over? Although I broke through to the realm of Void Mystic, I'm just the Purple-Gold Hall's head disciple in the end," Guo Xu reproached.
Although it was a reprimand, not a hint of reprove could be heard in his words.
Right at this time, a silhouette burst right through the clouds and appeared in everyone's line of sight.
"It's the Golden Cloud Sky Stairs!" somebody exclaimed in shock.
There was no need for him to say this, because Guo Xu already discerned that it was the Golden Cloud Sky Stairs.
Moreover, that unfamiliar young man on the Golden Cloud Sky Stairs was precisely Third Level Dao Profound. Who could it be if not Ye Yuan?
Gui Xu looked at Ye Yuan absentmindedly with a look of disbelief.
How could Third Level Dao Profound possibly come up from the Golden Cloud Sky Stairs?
Ye Yuan leaped, jumping down from the Golden Cloud Sky Stairs, and arrived before Guo Xu, and said with a smile, "Long time no see, Guo Xu."
Guo Xu said in a daze, "You … You're really Qingyun Zi? But how did you come up from the Golden Cloud Sky Stairs?"
Ye Yuan reached his hand out and patted on his shoulders twice, and slowly walked into the city as he said without even turning his head back, "So many years of not seeing, you're still such a good-for-nothing! You're at any rate a Void Mystic powerhouse now too, still playing this sort of child's play tricks. Don't you find it disgraceful?"
The moment Guo Xu heard, his lungs wanted to explode from fury.
This guy still postured just like in the past, to actually use the tone of a senior to reprimand me!
You're merely a Third Level Dao Profound right now. To actually dare talk this way to a Void Mystic powerhouse. You really don't know how the word death was written!
"Ji Qingyun, stop right there for me!" Guo Xu looked at Ye Yuan's back view and shouted coldly.
Ye Yuan seemingly did not hear it and paid no heed to all as he walked into the city.
Guo Xu's expression sunk, and he said, "If you're looking for a bashing yourself, then you can't blame me!"
Finished saying, he immediately reached his hand out to grab at Ye Yuan.
This grab, Guo Xu intentionally wanted to embarrass Ye Yuan, mustering up essence energy fully.
As long as he grabbed hold of Ye Yuan's shoulder, it could absolutely make him hurt until he knelt down.
The power of a Void Mystic powerhouse's grab could be imagined!
The group of junior apprentice disciples only saw a blur before their eyes, and Guo Xu vanished before them.
While at this time, Ye Yuan seemed to be oblivious and still walked forward neither too fast nor too slowly.
With a whistle, a strong wind already arrived!
Guo Xu's grab directly aimed at Ye Yuan's shoulder.
However, just as his hand was about to touch Ye Yuan, he only felt a blur before his eyes. His body actually passed right through Ye Yuan's body.
Guo Xu abruptly turned his head back and discovered that Ye Yuan was still standing there perfectly well. It was as if he never moved before at all.
He looked at Ye Yuan in disbelief as he said with a shocked look, "Heaven Man Unity! You … You actually already comprehended Heaven Man Unity! Just 20 year's time, how is this possible?
Ye Yuan shrugged his shoulders and said, "Don't play such childish stuff anymore. Bring me to go see Cloudsky. Coming this time, I have important matters to discuss with him!"
Chapter 1084 - Sit Idly and Reap the Fruits of Others' Labor
"Lord Cloudsky is currently in closed-seclusion, and it's inconvenient to meet him. I'll bring you to the courier stations first. Other matters, talk again later," Guo Xu came back to his senses and said impatiently.
Hearing Guo Xu's words, Ye Yuan had a bad premonition.
This trip probably would not be that smooth.
"Where's Nangong Zifeng and Zhuge Qingxuan?" Ye Yuan asked with a frown.
The Holy City's three titans: Zhuge Qingxuan, Nangong Zifeng, and Cloudsky.
These three people were the Holy City's most powerful existences. Since Cloudsky was in closed-seclusion, Ye Yuan could only look for Nangong Zifeng.
"Lord Nangong and Lord Zhuge are both not in the city. If you have urgent matters, there's only waiting for Lord Cloudsky to exit seclusion," Guo Xu said.
Ye Yuan's brows knitted tightly together. Cloudsky was clearly intentionally avoiding and not meeting here. Could it be that he had already guessed his intention of coming and did not plan on intervening in the Medicine King Hall's matters?
If it was like this, the matter would be rather troublesome.
Without the Holy Region's support, it was very hard for the Eight Great Super Holy Lands to join together. Wanting to deal with the Medicine King Hall would be doubly difficult.
Moreover, Ye Yuan kept feeling that the Medicine King Hall was likely not as easy to deal with as on the surface.
There were no walls without any cracks under the heavens. The Immemorial Medicine Garden had such a huge commotion, it was impossible for the Eight Great Super Holy Lands to not have any intel at all.
The Medicine King Hall concealed so deeply. Taking the risk of being exposed this time and drawing so many experts, it was impossible for them to never have thought that they would become a common target for scorn.
If say Ji Canglan had no preparations at all, Ye Yuan would not believe it even if he was beaten to death.
Cloudsky said that he was in closed-seclusion, Ye Yuan had no other methods too. He could only follow Guo Xu to the courier station together.
Guo Xu escorted Ye Yuan inside the courier station and left on his own without caring about the latter.
...
Inside an independent space in the Holy City, two elderly men were currently conversing.
"Ji Qingyun coming to the Holy City this time is definitely for the matter of the Medicine King Hall. With his character, not seeing our faces, he probably won't easily leave."
"To think that after a time interval of 50 thousand years, the fiend race staged a comeback once again. Looks like this time, it can't dispense with a bout of sanguinary slaughter again!"
"Heh, since Ye Yuan is this era's son of heaven's mandate, then we naturally don't need to poke our noses into what isn't our business. How many times have the fiend race jumped around? They never truly succeeded before even once. With the son of heaven's mandate around, just let them fight first. After fighting finish, we'll come out again to clean up the messy situation."
"I didn't think that Ji Qingyun is actually this era's son of heaven's mandate! Since he came to the Holy City, it means that he won't sit idly by and remain indifferent to the fiend race's matters."
"Ji Canglan failed to kill Ji Qingyun, but helped him instead, indicating that his destiny is extremely strong. As long as one lets him m.a.t.u.r.e, he'll naturally be able to exterminate the fiend race."
If Ye Yuan was here, he would be able to recognize that these two were precisely the Nangong Zifeng and Cloudsky, who avoided meeting him.
Except, Ye Yuan probably also did not think that the Divine Realm's secrets that the Holy City was aware of were far more than he imagined.
Hearing the meaning in their words, they actually wanted to watch indifferently regarding the fiend race's matters without lending a hand, harboring the idea of sitting it out and reaping the spoils later.
The matter of Ye Yuan being the son of heaven's mandate, they were also perfectly aware.
Looking at it like this, the matter of the fiend race gradually surfacing, they were actually long aware.
Except, they did not have the intention of stopping. Instead, they had the intention of l
etting it develop unchecked.
"Qingxuan that fellow has already entered the Godsfall Mountain Range for 20 years time. I wonder if he really has any harvests or not. Without him holding down the fort, once the crisis of the fiend race erupts, the two of us probably can't suppress it!" Cloudsky said.
"There's no big deal. Once the holy city's array formation activates, even Deity Realm powerhouses are unable to break through. Even if the fiend race was any stronger, it's also impossible to breach the Holy City. Furthermore, divine artifacts coming into existence consecutively, heaven and earth will presumably have a great change. Perhaps … Deity Realm powerhouses will really descend upon the mortal world anew. If that's really the case, Qingxuan will definitely be the first powerhouse to step into Deity Realm!" Nangong Zifeng said.
"Makes sense! Our Holy Region's foundations are deep and profound. Furthermore, we've avoided several great battles of two races. Our acc.u.mulations are very deep. If say talking about who has the greatest hope of breaking through to Deity Realm in this world, it's definitely Qingxuan," Cloudsky said.
"Ji Qingyun that brat, leave him out in the sun to dry first. When he feels snubbed, he'll naturally leave," Nangong Zifeng said.
Cloudsky nodded and said, "There's only like this."
...
After encamping at the courier station, out of Ye Yuan's expectations, Long Teng manifested himself.
"Senior Long Teng, you are …" Ye Yuan asked rather surprisedly.
Long Teng looked at Ye Yuan and said, "Are the Holy Region's personnel in-charge avoiding you and not meeting?"
Ye Yuan nodded his head and said unhappily, "No idea what's with Cloudsky that old man. The Holy Region is the human race's leader. At present, the fiend race's feathers are gradually fluffing up, but he's avoiding meeting me. Truly detestable!"
When Long Teng heard that, he could not help giving a cold laugh: "Over 50 thousand years have passed. Looks like this Holy Region is still so shameful!"
Ye Yuan could not help being stunned when he heard that. Hearing the meaning in Long Teng's words, there seemed to be veiled criticism towards the Holy Region.